2021 goes down as bloodiest year on record in London after double teen stabbing in Hillingdon and Croydon January 1, 2022 2021 has gone down as the bloodiest year on record for teen homicides in London as two boys were stabbed to death within an hour of each other. A 16-year-old boy was fatally wounded at Philpot’s Farm, Yiewsley, in Hillingdon in west London, and was pronounced dead at 8.25pm. It followed the fatal stabbing of [...]
The strange case of The Hundred: a North-South divide? January 1, 2022 Recently this country has been roughly split down the middle on, well, virtually everything. Opinions are polarised and if there’s a fence in the middle, we’re damn well not sitting on it. Summer 2021 saw a new concept dividing the nation. Sports fans, I give you the strange case of The Hundred. Unlike most cricket [...]
Best of 2021: Hamlet at the Young Vic December 30, 2021 Playing Hamlet is still seen by many as the pinnacle of an acting career. When we think of the greats in the role we think of John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ian McKellan (twice, as of this summer). But Cush Jumbo inhabits the part so brilliantly in this new production at the [...]
All eyes on Prince Andrew after Maxwell conviction: ‘Ghislaine did not act alone. Others must be held accountable’ December 30, 2021 Attention is shifting towards Prince Andrew following the conviction of Jeffrey Epstein confidante and socialite Ghislaine Maxwell yesterday. Maxwell, 60, who was labelled “dangerous” by the prosecution, faces the rest of her life in jail for helping to entice vulnerable teenagers to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s various properties for him to sexually abuse between 1994 [...]
The Best Movies of 2021: 10 films that blew us away this year December 30, 2021 It’s been another brutal year for the movies, but one in which the big screen has shown to be fighting back. As you read this, Spider-man is thwipping his way to a record box office run, while Bond, Ghostbusters, The Fast Saga, and Venom were all pleasing crowds after long delays. After our list of [...]
Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Appeal launched after British socialite is convicted for luring minors to massage rooms for Jeffrey Epstein to molest December 30, 2021 Following Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction, last night, for luring young girls to massage rooms for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to molest, the family of the British socialite has said they plan to commence the appeal process. The 60-year-old, who was labelled “dangerous” by the prosecution during her three-week trial, helped entice vulnerable teenagers to Epstein’s various [...]
London Mayor Sadiq Khan pumps additional £50m into fighting crime as knife and gun incidents across capital start to fall December 29, 2021 The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced this morning an additional £50m will be reserved to tackle crime across the capital. The investment, which will run over the next three years, will fund grassroots crime prevention projects across the city and promote positive opportunities for Londoners in every borough in the capital through the London Crime Prevention Fund, [...]
BAE Systems working to create £100m army of 1,700 apprentices and graduates in 2022 December 29, 2021 Almost 1,700 apprentices and graduates from across the UK will join defence giant BAE Systems next year. The company said this morning the creation of more than 900 apprentice and 750 graduate and undergraduate roles is the biggest intake of its kind the company has ever offered in a single year. Most of the roles [...]
Best of 2021: Lilian Thuram on equality, books and Southgate December 27, 2021 In this interview from November, World Cup winning former France footballer Lilian Thuram explains why he turned his back on the game when his playing career ended to focus on championing equality through his foundation and, more recently, his books. A bespectacled Lilian Thuram reaches for a map of the world and turns it upside [...]
Coronavirus D-Day as Boris Johnson holds emergency meeting to weigh fresh Covid restrictions or even new lockdown December 27, 2021 England is heading for a decisive afternoon as the Prime Minister will hold a crucial meeting later today to assess whether new or additional Coronavirus restrictions are needed to slow the rapid rise in infections as a result of the Omicron variant. Boris Johnson is due to be presented with the latest Covid data today [...]